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- DECEMBER 15, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY FOR INDIA POLICEMAN
a court in India sentenced to death a former senior police official after finding him guilty of killing a man in custody nearly 20 years ago.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED IN MURDER CASE
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan, dismissed the appeal of Mohammad Jumman for murder but commuted his death sentence into life in prison.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF STEPSON'S WIFE AND CHILD
Takemitsu Mori was sentenced to death for murdering a woman and her infant son at their apartment.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CONDEMNS SIXHEROIN TRAFFICKERS TO DEATH
a court in Hanoi, Vietnam...
- DECEMBER 15, 2006RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. THE DEATH PENALTY HAS NOT BENEFITED US, MINISTER
Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure, Stanislas Kamanzi, appealed to the people of Gicumbi to support the government's proposal to scrap the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 14, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIAN CONSTITUTION CLARIFIED ON DEATH PENALTY
MPs voted 173 to one to pass constitutional amendments that state explicitly that the death penalty and torture are banned in Georgia.
- DECEMBER 14, 2006Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA SENTENCES TWO TO HANG FOR TSUNAMI MURDER
two Sri Lankans accused of grabbing a gold chain from a woman caught in the 2004 tsunami before letting her be swept to her death have been sentenced to death for her murder. The men were caught on camera in December 2004 as they pushed the woman back int
- DECEMBER 14, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
a fast-track court sentenced to death Padam Kashyap...
- DECEMBER 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES TWO FORMER BANK EMPLOYEES FOR FRAUD
two ex-employees of China's third-largest bank were put to death by lethal injection for defrauding customers of millions of dollars.
- DECEMBER 13, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. EXECUTION OF FLORIDA INMATE TAKES 34 MINUTES
death penalty opponents criticized the execution of Angel Nieves Diaz who took more than half an hour to die and needed a rare second dose of lethal chemicals. Diaz, 55, convicted of murdering a Miami topless bar manager 27 years ago, appeared to grimace
- DECEMBER 13, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. THREE SECURITY GUARDS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
security guards Richard Maeta, Elias Shikuku Wanjala and Peter Mulati Wafula were sentenced to death for violently robbing novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife. John Kiragu Chege, a nephew of the writer, was acquitted for lack of evidence.
- DECEMBER 13, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. JOBLESS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF SISTERS
Yukio Yamaji, 23, was sentenced to death for robbery, murder and rape by the Osaka District Court for sneaking into the home of a woman and her younger sister and murdering them.